Tag: Retro review
TRON–Landmark sci-fi, visual effects achievement celebrates 40th anniversary
Retro review–Ian Fleming’s novel Thunderball has it all
Lady in the Lake–You are the star in this classic noir film as fantastic a Christmas movie as Die Hard
Castle in the Air–Donald E. Westlake’s brilliantly funny heist classic returns to print
Retro review–Raymond Chandler’s early hardboiled crime novel, The Big Sleep
Retro review–Erle Stanley Gardner’s Shills Can’t Cash Chips, a twisty, fun, hard-boiled crime story
Retro read–Philip K. Dick’s look at life in 1950s San Francisco, The Broken Bubble
Retro review–Dashiell Hammett’s The Thin Man, and a TCM marathon of Nick, Nora, and Asta for New Year’s Eve
Retro review–Erle Stanley Gardner’s unpublished, “lost” Cool & Lam novel, The Knife Slipped
Retro fix–Outland, Sean Connery’s stint as a cop in a space Western
Retro read–Ian Fleming’s seventh James Bond novel, Goldfinger becomes one of his best-known stories
Retro read–Abraham Lincoln returns as an android in Philip K. Dick’s novel, We Can Build You
Retro fix–Vertigo, Boileau and Narcejac’s novel that inspired the Hitchcock film classic
Retro review–Jodie Foster’s dark and moody horror tale, The Little Girl Who Lives Down the Lane, is a fall classic
Retro review–W.P. Kinsella′s baseball classic, Shoeless Joe, a deeper dive into the story that became Field of Dreams
Retro review–Fleming’s fourth Bond novel, Diamonds Are Forever
Retro Review–The 25th anniversary of Elmore Leonard’s Rum Punch, the novel adapted by Quentin Tarantino into Jackie Brown
Retro review–Close Encounters of the Third Kind on the big screen again and as epic as ever
Retro Review–Intrigue and amnesia in noir classic “Somewhere in the Night”
Retro review–Double Indemnity writer James M. Cain’s last, “lost” novel, The Cocktail Waitress
Retro Review–Fletch author Gregory Mcdonald’s kidnapping thriller, Snatched
Retro review–Sinner Man, Lawrence Block’s lost, first crime novel
Retro review–A look at Michael Keaton in Quentin Tarantino’s Jackie Brown
Retro review–John Hughes’ Mr. Mom, a Michael Keaton comedy classic
Retro review–A look at Michael Keaton in Ron Howard’s Night Shift
Retro review–PKD’s “Now Wait for Last Year”
Retro review — Our favorite version of a Christmas classic
Retro review–Original The Creature from the Black Lagoon in 3D, now on Blu-ray
Retro review–Steven Spielberg’s classic “Jaws” on the big screen, 39 years later
Retro review–A fifth of Bond, Fleming’s From Russia with Love
Retro review–The Spy Who Loved Me: Fleming at his worst
Retro review—Grave Descend, one of Michael Crichton’s “lost” adventure novels
Retro review–Ian Fleming’s first novel adapted to film, Doctor No
Retro review–One of Michael Crichton’s “lost” crime thrillers, Zero Cool
Retro review–“Scratch One,” one of eight “lost” Michael Crichton novels coming to bookstores
Because You’ve Never Really Seen “The Wizard of Oz”
Retro-recommendation–Sneakers and River Phoenix, 20 years later
Best of the Best retro review–The theatrical release of The Best of Both Worlds
Retro review–Nothing Lasts Forever, the novel that became Die Hard
Retro review–Philip José Farmer’s steampunk sequel “The Wind Whales of Ishmael”
Retro review–The Warlord of the Air, the proto-steampunk classic
Retro review–Mike Grell’s James Bond graphic novel, “Permission to Die”
Retro review–TCM’s screening of Alfred Hitchcock’s suspense thriller The Birds
Retro review–The Man Who Japed, Philip K. Dick’s third novel
Retro review–Moonraker, Fleming’s third James Bond novel
Retro review–Philip K. Dick’s second novel, The World Jones Made
Retro review–Live and Let Die, Fleming’s second Bond novel
Retro review: Ratking, Michael Dibdin’s first Inspector Zen novel
Best of the Best Retro Review: Doctor Who’s “Blink”
